Doctor Victoria Ward has been killing men for over thirty years. Her victims all have one thing in common: they're abusive. Righteousness is a constant companionit helps her sleep at nightand she holds the virtue closely as she defends the innocent, upholding the law when it won't rise to protect those who need it most. When she meets a young girl named Kelly, and follows her down a twisted path of deception, Doc Ward finds herself face-to-face with a ghost from her past. Never before has she wavered in her resolvebut can she defend another against someone she loves?